This week's new products: No1 Kombucha, plaintain chips, CUT overproof rum and more

The No1 Kombucha is a lightly sparkling drink available in three varieties: ginger and turmeric; passionfruit and goji; and raspberry, pomegranate and hibiscus. Kombucha is an unpasteurised drink full of live cultures and created by fermenting green tea.

 

Price £2.75 per bottle

 

www.no1kombucha.com

 

Aryzta Food Solutions has two new products in its range of frozen band layer desserts: lemon brûlée, a set lemon-flavoured cream filling on a biscuit crumb base with a brûlée-style topping; and a trio of chocolate mousse, made up of layers of dark, milk and white chocolate mousse, dusted with cocoa powder on top of a soft chocolate sponge.

 

Price £29.97 for a case of three lemon brûlée

 

www.aryzta.com

 

 

Rubies in the Rubble makes gourmet condiments with fresh fruit and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste. The latest launch is a sustainably sourced and 100% natural tomato ketchup that uses surplus tomatoes and pears. The natural sweetness means the condiment uses half the sugar and contains three times the fruit content of typical ketchups.

 

Price £23 for 12 x 250g glass bottles; £38.20 for 10l box in bag; £10 nozzle for box

 

www.rubiesintherubble.com

 

CUT is a new disruptive rum brand that offers three varieties: spiced, overproofed and smoked. Each spirit blends Trinidadian and Jamaican rum that has been crafted in copper pot stills. The rum is then infused with natural ingredients, including aniseed, nutmeg, ginger, pepper, cinnamon, coriander seed, lemon and vanilla.

 

Price From £24.99

 

www.cutrum.com

 

 

Price £2.75 for a 45g pack

 

www.madefordrink.com

 

 

Gnaw’s new 35g bars are handcrafted in Norfolk out of seeds, fruits, nuts and British granola. Flavours include milk chocolate with peanuts, British granola and seeds; milk chocolate with cranberries, raisins, British granola and seeds; and dark chocolate with orange, British granola and seeds.

 

Price £21.60 for a case of 40

 

www.gnawchocolate.co.uk

 

 

Central Foods has expanded its free-from range with the launch of two new desserts, the Menuserve New York-style baked cheesecake and the baked chocolate and cherry cheesecake. Both are gluten-free and vegan and come pre-sliced into 14 portions.

 

Price Around £1.40 per slice

 

www.centralfoods.co.uk

 

Belgian based ready-to-fill pastry manufacturer Pidy has expanded its Technipat frozen sponge sheet range with a jaconde chocolate sponge with almond, coconut or pistachio pieces.

 

Price From 11p per unit

 

www.pidyuk.com